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Here's What Our Cities Would Look Like Without Light Pollution
What if we could have the best of both worlds, where a vibrant city didn't interfere with the view of the night sky? That was the thought of astrophotographer Sergio Garcia Rill when he decided to...
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The Moon Could Solve Earth's Natural Resources Problem
To date, all human economic activity has depended on the material and energy resources of a single planet; understandably, perhaps. It is conceivable though that future advances in space exploration...
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Earth Is Surrounded By An 'Invisible Shield' 7,200 Miles Away That Protects...
Some 7,200 miles above Earth, an invisible shield cloaking our planet is helping to protect us from damaging, super-fast "killer" electrons, scientists have found. This Star Trek style shield stops...
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A Quirk Of Gravity Created This Bizarre Blue Ring In The Deep Universe
What you're seeing here is an illusion. The light is real but the bizarre blue ring is a fake — an imposter created by a cosmic trick called gravitational lensing.What's more is that Earth is perfectly...
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Coming Picture Of A Supermassive Black Hole Will Be The 'Image Of The Century'
Scientists have long suspected that supermassive black holes (SMBH) reside at the center of every large galaxy in our universe.These can be billions of times more massive than our sun, and are so...
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The US Is About To Test A Spaceship That Could Take Astronauts To Mars
A spaceship built to carry humans is about to venture into deep space for the first time in more than four decades.NASA's Orion space capsule is scheduled to blast off on its first test flight Thursday...
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A Distant Planet May Be Hiding Far Beyond Neptune
Out beyond Neptune, the solar system resembles the deep ocean: dark, remote and largely unexplored.To an Earth-bound observer, even the brightest objects, such as Pluto, are 4,000 times as faint as...
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These 3 Images Changed Our Understanding Of The Universe Forever
Humanity's quest for knowledge has taken us back in time to the early stages of the universe — well before the first grains of dust clumped together to form our home planet, Earth.To accomplish this,...
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These Incredible Images Show What Humanity Will Look Like When We Colonize...
This short film rivals the most stunning scenes in Christopher Nolan's recent film "Interstellar." But unlike Nolan's sci-fi blockbuster, "Wanderers" depicts all real locations throughout the solar...
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An Incredible New Material Can Beam A Building's Heat Into Space And Keep It...
A new superthin material can cool buildings without requiring electricity, by beaming heat directly into outer space, researchers say.In addition to cooling areas that don't have access to electrical...
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This Crucial NASA Test Mission Is An Important Step To Sending People Into...
Cape Canaveral (AFP) - The Orion spacecraft, designed to carry humans farther in deep space than ever before, is poised to blast off Thursday in what NASA hailed as a first step in mankind's journey to...
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This Exploding Star Is One Of The Most Mysterious Objects In The Universe
Wow! One of the most famous star explosions captured by the Hubble Space Telescope — several times — shows clear evidence of expansion in this new animation. You can see here the Homunculus Nebula...
View ArticleBill Nye: This Scientific Fact That Blows My Mind
Clearly Bill Nye, author of "Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation", has learned a lot of scientific facts throughout his years. But he claims this one fact is still the one that truly...
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Researchers Have Just Unveiled The Most Precise View Of The Universe Yet
From a palace in Ferrara, Italy, cosmologists have unveiled the most detailed maps yet of the infant universe. The announcement, on December 1, kicked off a weeklong conference showcasing the latest...
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How Astronomers Will Take The 'Image Of The Century' — Our First Glimpse Of A...
Researchers studying the universe are ramping up to take the "image of the century"— the first ever image of a supermassive black hole.Since the 18th century, astronomers have discussed the possibility...
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Awe-Inspiring Images From Friday's Orion Launch
NASA's Orion spacecraft successfully launched early Friday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The liftoff had been postponed Thursday due to issues with the launch rocket, wind gusts,...
View ArticleScientists Have A Pretty Good Idea What Aliens May Actually Look Like
NASA scientists are studying deep-sea hydrothermal vents to get clues about what life might be like in other areas of our universe.This video originally appeared on Slate Video. Watch More:...
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NASA Is Going To Let The Hubble Space Telescope Burn Up
The Hubble Space Telescope has delivered an amazing near quarter-century of science from all over the universe.Even this year, it's delivered results to think about: the shrinking Great Red Spot on...
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The Most Powerful Thing In the Universe May Have Spawned A Mass Extinction On...
A gamma-ray burst, the most powerful kind of explosion known in the universe, may have triggered a mass extinction on Earth within the past billion years, researchers say.These deadly outbursts could...
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Probe Snaps Best Image Yet Of New Dwarf Planet Ceres
The dwarf planet Ceres is starting to come into focus for a voyaging NASA probe.NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which will enter orbit around Ceres in March 2015, has captured its best-ever image of the...
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